Lenox Avenue & West 122nd Street

Lenox Avenue and West 122nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (South), Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Mount Morris Park Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St Martins Episcopal Church is 130 feet away, and the Harlem Club stands 210 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 47 public places, 28 of them religious buildings, and 38 places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
790 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Malcolm X Blvd/W 122 St · M7, M102
Within a walk
47 places
28 religious buildings, 7 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lenox Avenue & West 122nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 790 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 125 St 2, 3
    790 feet
    2 3

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. 116 St 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    2 3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Flying Home: Harlem Heroes and Heroines (Downtown and Uptown)” (1996) by Faith Ringgold at the 125 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Malcolm X Blvd/W 122 St, 120 feet away, for the M7 and M102.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Malcolm X Blvd/W 122 St M7, M102
    120 feet
    M7 M102

Next buses at this stop

  1. M7 …
  2. M102 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 27 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Mt Morris Park W & W 120 St 27 docks in all
    1,000 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound at Park Avenue & East 132nd Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 123 Morningside Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 245 East 124th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 5 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10027
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 10
City Council district
9
Police precinct
28
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Harlem (South)
Elevation
24 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1888 and 1910.

Since 2014 at least 2 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 76 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2017 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Lenox Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Lenox Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of West 122nd Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of West 122nd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Mount Morris Park Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 380 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1885 and 1891.

  1. The Harlem Club Designated landmark
    210 feet
  2. St. Martin's Protestant Episcopal Church Rectory Designated landmark
    230 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 47 public places.

  • 28 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Great Tomorrows USA School
    290 feet
  2. Community Life Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    460 feet
  3. Future Leaders Institute Charter School
    530 feet
Show all 10
  1. P.S. 242 - the Young Diplomats Magnet Academy School
    530 feet
  2. Harlem Village Academy Charter Elementary School
    620 feet
  3. Harlem Village Academy West Charter School
    620 feet
  4. Harlem Village Academy High School
    1,190 feet
  5. Mt Pleasant Christian Academy School
    1,200 feet
  6. Paul Inst of Mainstream SVCS (The) Preschool
    1,260 feet
  7. Coll New Rochelle Rosa Parks Campus College
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. West 123rd Street Community Garden
    450 feet
  2. Marcus Garvey Park Listed historic place
    600 feet
  3. West 124th Street Community Garden
    730 feet
Show all 5
  1. Joseph Daniel Wilson Memorial Gardens Garden
    1,260 feet
  2. Marcus Garvey Park Playground
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Mount Morris Park Historic District Listed historic place
    480 feet
  2. Mount Morris Park Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    640 feet
  3. Park and Tilford Building Listed historic place
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Martins Episcopal Church Landmark
    130 feet
  2. Ebenezer Gospel Tabernacle Landmark
    230 feet
  3. Greater Bethel AME Church Landmark
    260 feet
Show all 11
  1. St Marks Holy Tabernacle Church House of worship
    340 feet
  2. Ephesus 7 Day Adventist Church House of worship
    350 feet
  3. Mount Morris Ascension Presbyterian Church House of worship
    460 feet
  4. Mount Olivet Baptist Church House of worship
    470 feet
  5. Antioch Church of God in Christ House of worship
    1,100 feet
  6. Transfiguration Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,140 feet
  7. Rescue Baptist Church House of worship
    1,230 feet
  8. Emanuel AME Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Pelham Fritz Recreation Center
    650 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    660 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,080 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,190 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,030 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,230 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 38 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lenox Avenue or West 122nd Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.